"Now answer my question." I pulled my arm away. "Why did you take off your rings?" He stared up at me and didn't answer- he just kept his mouth in a small straight line and his brow pressed down to his nose slightly. His straight face caused my blood to begin to boil.

"God damnit! Stop being so calm!" I bellowed.

"Would you rather I beat you up?" his response threw my thought train off-kilter and I was unsure of how to answer. "I didn't think so. I want to know this, human… why did you try to save me?"

"I won't answer that until you answer my question."

"I guess we'll never know then." He hummed and turned to walk off. I gripped the upper part of his arm and spun him to face me. He was angered by the contact and harshly pushed away my hand and sent a glare my way. I didn't sense any motion of holding back however.

Something was just off.

"Hit me." I snarled.

"I don't think so." He hissed in return.

"Why not?"

"Why would I harm someone who just saved me?"

"BECAUSE IT'S WHAT YOU DO!" I jabbed him violently in the chest with my index finger and I could tell he was getting frustrated. Why the hell was I trying to provoke him? I kept asking myself this but I think the fact that he was being so tolerant irritated me.

A fist landed itself against my stomach and my breath shot out of my system. My stomach stirred about and it felt like energy charged from my core to my fingers. Some of the chaos energy must still be in my system. I coughed as I fell down to my knees. I hadn't expected such a foreign power source to react so calmly in my relatively fragile body, well fragile compared to Shadow's.

I began to start laughing slightly. God, what was wrong with me. "Why did you save me, human?" his voice returned to the low and scornful tone he normally had. "Because I've already seen you die once… I didn't think we needed a recap."

"I took off my rings to calm down."

"That doesn't make any sense."

"I drain my energy faster than normal so it would be the equivalent to Anesthetics for you."

"Is that why you've been so calm? You're just tired?" I looked to him unbelieving of the utter bullshit that spilled from his mouth. "Luckily for you- yes. You would be missing a hand by now if I wasn't."

I scoffed and at the mention of my hand, glanced down to it- only to do a double take to see the cuts and bruises had healed and my skin held imperfections. I guessed the chaos energy caused a rapid speed to recovery and was satisfied with that.

"Well, don't you ever do that again." I growled.

"Excuse me?" His tone was more aggravated and he was starting to wake up.

"I said- don't you ever do that again." I repeated.

"And who do you think you are to tell me what I can and can't do?" he snarled.

"The person who just saved your damn life and it was a close enough call for both of us. Hell- next time you run out of energy I may not be around to pick your ass up." I growled in return. He glared up to me an obvious strain to not hit me then and there caused his small frame to shake only a minute amount. "You know I'm right- admit it."

"Don't expect me to."

"I'm not expecting you to. I'm telling you to." I narrowed my eyes and balled my fists. God, why did I keep this guy around? Or even want to, for that matter?

"Fuh-" With a wave of his hand, he turned and walked down the hall.

"Yea, fuck you too." I snarled to his back.

After he had gone downstairs, I flopped down onto the couch and put my face in my hands, letting out an irritated groan. What am I going to do with him? And it's not like I can be pissed about his return sense I practically begged for him to come back. I rolled over to be on my side and let out a sigh.

My eyes opened and sunlight peered in threw the windows. I let out grumble and rubbed an eye, checking the time. I stood with a wobble and my stomach collapsed- with a violent lurch all the contents I had eaten emptied onto the floor. I let out violent coughs before another hurl. My skin prickled and my body shook as I threw up a few more times. The substance exiting my mouth turned a dark shade of red and gave off an iron like taste.

"SHADOW! GET YOUR ASS UP HERE!" I screamed with a crack in the pitch of my voice. He walked casually in the room "what do you wa-"

I spat up more blood, my throat was on fire.

His eyes widened "your body is reacting poorly to the absence of the chaotic energy."

"Well do something!" I creaked out, tears dripping down my cheeks as I felt my stomach turning again.

He snapped his rings on his wrist off and set them on the coffee table. I jumped away before he could touch me.

"OH HELL NO! PLAN B!"

"There is no plan B!" he snarled and one hand grabbed my neck- the other hit my stomach with a flat palm. A large surge hit my system and I let out a yowl.

The chaotic energy snapped threw my veins and my shrill yell croaked to a silent and harsh exhale. My eyes began to burn and my voice returned as he jumped away. My hands clapped over my eyes as they began to water uncontrollably. My stomach untwisted and the pain burned away with a wash of heat that made its way to my face.

"FUCK!" I screamed, the heat turned incinerating once it grazed the sockets of my skull. It felt like someone was weaving a hot needle threw my irises and my vision blacked. I was still fully conscious and my senses where hitting the rev-limiter.

My vision burned into a red haze and then color return the more I blinked and let the tears drip. By this point Shadow had his rings back on and was grabbing the emerald.

"I'm taking you to the hospital." he harshly grabbed my arm but it wasn't out if irritation- but more like in haste.

"Nobody can see you!"

"Allie, god damn it! Just shut up and listen to me!"

"What the fuck are doctors going to do?" I was a mess and I knew it but I was too scared of the outcome. What if Shadow had overdone it on the energy and now I had to have it like a drug addict needed their fix or their body fell apart? My tears turned into weeping sobs as he grabbed my wrist. "Stand up."

I Waverly stood, only to wobble and use him to stabilize. I leaned against him, most of my weight on the top of his head.

We teleported and we were on the sidewalk in front of an ER. I took a second to see what I looked like in the reflection. I looked like hell. Blood was down my shirt and pants and arms.

He walked me to the door "remember to tell them to go an extra dose on the anesthesia. The chaos energy will fight it the whole time." his voice was calm but his aura let off a worried tension.

"What's my excuse for needing extra doses?" I mumbled.

"You have a high tolerance."

I stumbled in threw the automatic doors and coughed up a decent amount of blood into my hand. The tears began to flow again as pain hit my abdomen. In a second I had nurses and personnel scooping me up and onto a bed.

"Ready the anesthetic!"

I grabbed the doctor's arm and he looked down to me, a syringe in hand "double that- my tolerance is high." I sputtered out.

He looked at me for a moment then administered the needle. As the contents emptied into my system I felt them drift across my limbs- a small warm sensation following behind and leaving tingling nerves in its wake. A second dose was added to my body and I slowly but surely drifted off into a numb and silent haze.